Landing her first 'adult' job in the council's accounts department, new graduate Jolene is excited for the annual Secret Santa. But instead of exchanging typical gifts, she proposes a bold twist: perform a meaningful good deed for your assigned colleague and share the anonymous story.
Set in Bengaluru’s restless chaos of fading tongues, simmering pride, and the dark seduction of violence, a young pro-Kannada activist battles his alter ego while dreaming of a fantasy city where his language reigns eternal.
In a remote Jura village, Cédric, a broken young father, tries to win back his daughter from a violent rival. Surrounded by silence and cows, haunted by his past, he makes desperate choices that pull them all into a downward spiral.
A repressed homosexual recounts the time he fell in love with his friend while bonding over a campy noir TV show and the horrific event that stemmed from it.
In Saint-Étienne, an old forested village, a young woman unravels the mystery surrounding her father's sudden death. As strange incidents multiply around her, what she discovers is even more sinister and horrifying than anything she could have imagined.
21-year-old skater Reza thrives in his carefree lifestyle. However, he has no idea what to do with his future, much to the frustration of his mother and two sisters. With no better plan in mind, he books a trip to Thailand. But when a motorcycle accident leaves him with a spinal chord injury, his entire world is turned upside down. What does the future hold for him now?
At Home of Happiness, a devoted social worker struggles to reform troubled youth while the institution falls into crisis. A bullied boy clings to his late mother’s teddy bear as his world collapses. A former resident, lured into a telecom scam, faces a moral dilemma that threatens his life. Across different paths, each must confront the scars of the past and decide whether to fall into darkness or fight for a way forward.
In a parking lot, Beatrice and Diego find themselves suspended between an unresolved past and a present that bears its shadows. Beatrice decides to break that hard-won appearance of balance, no more lies, no more secrets, just that toxic truth that has been embedded in their relationship for years.
Planning to settle in Germany, Dr. Kemal travels to his village one last time to say goodbye to his father. However, events in the village lead him to an unexpected impasse. This impasse forces Kemal to confront his past and his own conscience. Ultimately, he is forced to make the difficult decision of whether to leave or stay.
Sans and Mono's lives are accidentally intertwined by passion. One finds her path; the other no longer have to walk alone. But still, they had to choose between their dreams and relationships.
In a tense waiting room, a group of young people receives a mysterious memory card tied to a forbidden project. When a goverment officer bursts in, old connections resurface and everyone is forced to choose between obedience and rebellion.
Shirin and her two children live in a neighborhood in Isfahan during the years of the Sacred Defense. Her husband, Mansour, who has gone to the front, is scheduled to come to Isfahan for a day and return. Shirin is trying to prepare the house for his arrival.
When the shy Lola experiences a wild club night with her extroverted friend, she gets caught in a whirlwind of drugs, sex and power games – until a shocking event radically shakes her perception and reality.
GRWM plays on the boundaries and relationships between cinema, reality, performance, and authenticity. And it is precisely this characteristic that affirms its contemporaneity: the practice of filming oneself while applying makeup is used as a tool and artistic inspiration aimed at breaking classic cinematic molds.
Lis, a 10-year-old boy, whose father is a missing person from the Kosovo war, lives cramped in a small apartment with his family during early 2000.
Trying to forget a secret only he knows, Lis joins a French trio of clowns who are in Kosovo to entertain the children of the land. Soon enough Lis will learn that reality will catch up with everyone, and he will have to face his suppressed emotions.